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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal

Welcome to your Thursday morning round-up of stories in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. All of the links below will take you directly to today’s stories, or you can head straight over to The Legal’s homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)

The top story this morning is the latest in the family courthouse saga. As reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Stanton R. Wettick Jr. ruled that attorney Jeffrey B. Rotwitt cannot claim that he and his ex-firm, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, are joint tortfeasors and that the law firm owes him contribution. Wettick did say that Rotwitt can amend his claim for contribution.

Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Saranac Hale Spencer writes that a federal judge has confirmed a $35 million arbitration award, plus $5.6 million in attorney fees, for a security services firm following a soured business deal.

In more Regional News on Page 3, Saranac Hale Spencer writes that a federal judge has dismissed two of three counts against Aetna Life Insurance Co. in a suit where the plaintiff is seeking to recover life insurance benefits she said she is owed under ERISA.

As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.

In a Cyberlaw column on Page 5, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal writes about whether lying on Facebook or in online profiles is a crime.

In this week’s Young Lawyer column on Page 7, the YL Editorial Board writes that the voter ID law infringes on the fundamental rights of citizens.

If you have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole, we invite you to email any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal.